Although the in-ring action was scarce, the main event was a stellar one and because of that, NXT delivered once again this week.
Matches:
Sanity: Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dane vs. Kassius Ohno and Hideo Itami: Ohno never ever got an opportunity to tag in as Itami was on a crusade apparently. After Itami nailed Wolfe with the GTS, Dane, who was tagged in, nailed Itami with the Running Crossbody for the win.
Bianca Bel-Air vs. Aliyah: It was only a small clip, but Bel-Air got the win with the Spear.
Roderick Strong vs. NXT Champion Bobby Roode: Strong did everything but win this match as he hit a ton of strikes and Backbreaker variations. Roode was the consistent opportunist however and slowly and surely hit his signature maneuvers. Roode eventually hit Strong with the Glorious DDT, but Strong kicked out to get the crowd going. Strong then hit his Vertical Suplex Backbreaker for the win, but the referee didn’t see Roode’s leg was under the rope until after the count. Forced to restart the match, Roode hit the Glorious DDT on the outside in front of Strong’s wife. Once back in the ring, Roode hit the Glorious DDT again for the win.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
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